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Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
In Earth's distant future, Tyndel is both teacher and mentor, a staunch devotee to his conservative and rigidly structured religious culture. Then a rogue infection of nanotechnology transforms him into a "demon", something more than human, and he is forced into exile, fleeing to the more technologically advanced space-faring civilization that lies to the north, one that his own righteous people consider evil. Although shaken by his transformation,...
Author
Series
Ghost books volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
L.E. Modesitt, Jr., has gained a legion of devoted fans for his science fiction as well as his epic fantasy novels. The Ghost of the Revelator is one of the best displays yet of his ability to blend dramatic, imaginative stories with rigorous social and scientific extrapolation. Doktor Johan Eschbach (the central character of Modesitt's popular alternate history SF novel, Of Tangible Ghosts) had hoped for a quiet life in retirement from the intelligence...
Author
Series
Saga of Recluce volume 8
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
L.E. Modesitt's bestselling fantasy novels set in the world of Recluce are among the most popular in contemporary fantasy. Rich in detail, Modesitt's Recluce books are a feast of wonderous marvels. Booklist notes, "Modesitt's elaborate and intelligent working out of a system of magic and a system of technology parallel to it is becoming more the lifeblood of the Recluce books with every new volume. . . his saga continues to gain in popularity." The...
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Seriously injured while preventing an assassination, Commander Van C. Albert of the Republic Space Force of Taran is forced into retirement and takes a job with a mysterious, non-aligned foundation dedicated to preventing a coming interstellar war.
Author
Series
Saga of Recluce volume 10
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Though born with talent in a family of magi'i, Lorn lacks the unquestionable loyalty to serve as a Magus of Cyador--he's too independent for his own good, a trait which gets him sent to the frontier to fight off barbarian raiders.
Author
Series
Saga of Recluce volume 12
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
After rescuing a neighbor's daughter from a violent attack by two aristocrats, Kharl, the finest cooper in Brysta, discovers that he has run afoul of Egen, the corrupt and evil son of the local ruler.
Author
Series
Corean chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Millennia ago, a magical disaster caused the fall of a civilization, the end of a golden age. New civilizations emerged from the ancient destruction and chaos, knowing little of the past or the disaster. Corus today is a world of contending countries, humans, and supernatural creatures. It is a place of magical powers, and of a few people who are talented enough to use them. Alector Dainyl is the fourth highest ranking military officer of the Duarchy,...
8) Darknesses
Author
Series
Corean chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Corus is a world of humans, but also of strange animals and supernatural creatures. It is a world of magical powers and of a few people who are Talented enough to use them. Alucius, the hero of the story, is one such person. In Legacies we saw how he grew from a Talented child on a lonely Nightsheep ranch in the Iron Valleys to a proficient soldier who used his wits and his Talent to become the first to escape military enslavement in the neighboring...
Author
Series
Ecolitan matter volume 4
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Four hundred years after winning secession from the Terran Empire (as chronicled in the earlier omnibus, Empire & Ecolitan), the star system Accord wants to sign a simple trade treaty with the Empire on microchip export tariffs. But if the agreement is so minor, why is Professor Nathaniel Whaler, chief economist at the Ecolitan Institute and his world's top commando killer, chosen as Accord's Envoy? Because the Imperial capital is a maddening bureaucracy...
10) Soarer's choice
Author
Series
Corean chronicles volume 6
Publisher
Tor Book
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
As the Alector civilization plans to abandon Corus for a rich new world, the planet Corus will be cut off from the civilizing government of the Alectors and used for a dumping ground for malcontents, despite the efforts of honest Alectors.
11) Arms-commander
Author
Series
Saga of Recluce volume 16
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When the keep of Westwind faces attack by the adjoining land of Gallos, Saryn, the female arms-commander of Westwind, goes to Lornth to gain the support of Zeldyan, the area's regent, but first must raise a Westwind force to help defend Zeldyan and her son.
Author
Series
Corean chronicles volume 7
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Discovering that large sums of money have been diverted from her father's treasury, the eldest daughter of Lanachrona's overseer is directed to discover her Talent in order to save her world.
13) Scion of Cyador
Author
Series
Saga of Recluce volume 11
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A sequel to Magi'i of Cyador, lancer officer Lorn finds himself victimized by his own youthful prowess. Only the death of the Emperor sets him and all of Cyad back on a healthy path.
14) Haze
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
On a secret mission, Major Keir Roget must report back to the Federation about his findings on the world called Haze, but isn't sure how much of the strange, yet oddly familiar alien culture he finds is truly a danger.
15) Solar express
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"You can't militarize space. This one rule has led to decades of peaceful development of space programs worldwide. However, increasing resource scarcity and a changing climate on Earth's surface is causing some interested parties to militarize, namely India, the North American Union, and the Sinese Federation. The discovery of a strange artifact by Dr. Alayna Wong precipitates a crisis. What appears to be a hitherto undiscovered comet is soon revealed...
Author
Series
Ghost books volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Set in a fascinating alternative world in which ghosts are real, the United States never came into existence and Russia is still ruled by the Romanovs, this sequel to Of Tangible Ghosts and The Ghost of the Revelator continues the adventures of semi-retired spy Dr. Johan Eschbach. His lovely wife Llysette du Boise, a refugee from the burning remains of France and a world-famous novelist, has been invited to provide a command performance for the Russian...
17) Cadmian's choice
Author
Series
Corean chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The world of Corus is threatened by its global leaders' plans to redesign the planet in anticipation of a superior race's arrival, an effort that would reduce the psychic Pteridons to the status of a lesser race and render humans as little more than cattle.
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Scientists from three different civilizations, separated in time by hundreds of thousands of years, investigate a mysterious indestructible canal on Earth, while a plot is hatched to overthrow the world government of one of the civilizations, using a weapon that can destroy anything--except the canal.
Author
Series
Spellsong cycle volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
The world of Erde is governed by the power of music and song. When Anna Marshall, a singer and music instructor at Iowa State University, is drawn into Erde, she becomes a sorceress - potentially their strongest. Her power soon makes her the target of ruthless political factions.
20) Scepters
Author
Series
Corean chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Alucius's return to the side of his expectant wife is interrupted by mysterious enemies who force him to return to active duty, during which he must stop a religious rebellion and prevent the enslavement of the world of Corus.
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